Welcome to this podcast episode featuring Elizabeth Mintun, a radiant healer who shares her transformative journey. From surviving adversity to discovering Qigong, Elizabeth guides women toward energized inspiration and inner peace. She emphasizes cultivating life force ("chi") for vitality and advocates for self-care, especially for busy women. Join us as Elizabeth discusses mindfulness practices that lead to profound transformation and the importance of reclaiming light and balance in our lives.

Here are key takeaways from this interview:

- Elizabeth describes herself as "light", radiating and connecting to the light in herself and others. This represents her purpose as a healer.

- She went through periods of "disappearing" from herself to survive challenging times. Reclaiming her light and power was pivotal in leaving an abusive relationship and rediscovering herself.

- Discovering Qigong helped her release long-held tension and connect more deeply with energy and presence. She describes a profoundly transformative meditation experience.

- Elizabeth seeks to guide women in particular to shift from depletion to feeling energized, confident and inspired through practices like Qigong, forest therapy and mindfulness.

- Cultivating and balancing one's inner "chi" or life force is seen as key to vitality and inner peace. Stagnation in energy flow leads to deficiency.

- Her therapeutic approach meets people where they are, with compassion for the struggles many face today while also illuminating possibility.

- She emphasizes the importance of making space for our own care and restoration, especially for busy women who tend to care for others first.

- Meditative surrender to "falling" beyond fear allowed Elizabeth to land deeply in love and presence. This remains accessible through various mindfulness practices.

LINKS:

Website: https://www.thecalmingground.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-mintun/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/thecalmingground/

Freebie: It's a self-care guide that helps people identify which areas of their life might be needing greater attending in order to live a more balanced life. Here is the link— https://www.thecalmingground.com/opt-in

SHOWNOTES:

Healing and mindfulness with a psychotherapist and mindfulness coach. 0:06

Healing and light with a guest speaker. 3:08

Chi Gong's transformative impact on the speaker's life. 7:42

Women's wellness and self-care through meditation and energy work. 12:57

Energy depletion and surrender for personal growth. 17:29

Healing, pain, and hope with a therapist. 21:46